1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election

The 1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election was held to elect members for 126 assembly seats to constitute the seventh Assam Legislative Assembly. The Janata Party formed the first non-Congress government led by Golap Borbora with 53 seats on March 12, 1978. He resigned as chief minister on September 4, 1979 after losing the support of a majority of MLAs. Jogendra Nath Hazarika was sworn in as chief minister on 9 November 1978. But he existed in CM’s chair for only 94 days, as central government imposed President's rule in Assam[1][2]

1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election
1978
All 126 seats in the Legislature of Assam
64 seats needed for a majority
  First party
 
Leader Golap Borbora
Party JP
Leader since 1978
Leader's seat Tinsukia
Seat change
Chief Minister before election

Sarat Chandra Singha
INC

 Chief Minister

Golap Borbora
JP

Background

The Navnirman Andolan, which erupted in December 1973 started on the issue of hike in fees for an engineering college in Gujarat, Jayaprakash Narayan's movement against corruption, a three week long Bihar rail strike led by socialist leader George Fernandes, had destabilized the political atmosphere of India.[3] The sterilization program, which was tried to be implemented forcefully by Sanjay Gandhi, son of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi also created a lot of public outrage .[4]

Performance of political parties
S. No Party Party-typeContestedWonVotes polled %Vote % in seats contested
1 Communist Party of IndiaNational3554.0914.39
2 Communist Party of IndiaNational27115.6225.87
3 Indian National CongressNational1262623.6223.62
4 Indian National CongressNational11588.789.84
5 Janata PartyNational1175327.5529.95
6 All India Forward BlocState300.094.28
7 Plain Tribals Council of AssamState942.6032.54
8 Revolutionary Socialist PartyState600.448.85
9 All India Gorkha LeagueRegistered100.046.08
10 Revolutionary Communist Party of IndiaRegistered1041.4017.68
11 Socialist Unity Centre of IndiaRegistered400.072.29
12 Independent politician1525.6726.50
Total126
Source: Statistical Report on Legislative Assembly election of Assam, 1978

References
  1. "STATISTICAL REPORTS OF GENERAL ELECTION TO STATE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (VIDHANSABHA) 1978". Election Commission of india. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  2. "Assam Legislative Assembly - Members 1978-83". Govt. of Assam. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  3. "Four reasons why India Gandhi declared emergency". Indian Express. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  4. Pradhanmantri - Episode 12: Emergency in India, ABP News. ABP News.
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